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Best Practices for Real Time GNSS Network Administration Webinar

Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET Click here to view the agenda. This webinar will cover the following topics: Recap of July 31, 2013, NGS-hosted RTN webinar highlights including select Q&A. Use of GPS supplemental radio signals in Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Special Committee-104 format (RTCM), including discussion of degradation due

Free Survey Workshop “Advanced Post-Processing Techniques”, Springdale, AR

Free Survey Workshop “Advanced Post-Processing Techniques”, Springdale, AR NEI To Host a Free Survey Workshop on “Advanced Post-Processing Tecniques”  – Springdale, AR, 3/31/16 Due to a lack of “published” control points for geospatial projects, NGS has developed OPUS projects for a simple and cost effective way to achieve this. Josh Bettis, Arkansas Survey Sales for

Height Modernization Eastern States Regional Webinar

Height Modernization Eastern States Regional Webinar Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:00 – 5:00 pm ET Click here to view the agenda. This webinar will cover the following topics: Basic information about the National Geodetic Survey’s National Height Modernization Program, and supporting services such as the Online Positioning User Service (OPUS), and future plans for a new

Latest GNSS firmware now has automatic radio FW upgrading

Trimble has added new functionality to our GNSS receiver firmware for the current Trimble R10/R10LT and Trimble R8s. The latest firmware version (v5.03, released June 2015) and later, automatically checks if new radio firmware is required when loading receiver firmware. Note the affected receiver part number table below.

New GPS satellite launched into space from Cape Canaveral

New GPS satellite launched into space from Cape Canaveral CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –  A Delta 4 rocket has lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite. The United Launch Alliance rocket that soared into space Friday will place a navigation satellite into the Global Positioning System constellation for the Air Force. This is the

New Trimble Survey GNSS Firmware Version 4.90 Update

New Trimble Survey GNSS Firmware Version 4.90 Update This firmware version includes improvements to the survey receiver firmware. For best results users should upgrade to Trimble Access version 2014.12 or later. Supported GNSS receivers: if you have any Trimble R10, R10 LT, R8 models 4 & 3, R6 models 4 & 3, R4 models 3

New Trimble Survey GNSS Firmware Version 4.91 (Sept 2014 – Corrected)

New Trimble Survey GNSS Firmware Version 4.91 (Sept 2014 – Corrected) New Trimble Survey GNSS Firmware Version 4.91 Update This firmware version includes improvements to the survey receiver firmware. For best results users should upgrade to Trimble Access version 2014.10 or later. Supported GNSS receivers: if you have any Trimble R10, R10 LT, R8 models

PDH/GISP-Eligible Geospatial Training Workshops – Norcross, GA

  Nei is excited to offer 4 new Advanced Geospatial Training Workshops in our Norcross, GA office that will be instructed by our award winning Trimble Certified Trainer.   Come join us for these specialized technical workshops focusing on Trimble’s TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder Office software, and you will leave being more productive using streamlined workflows

Robotic Total Station Photogrammetric Workflow Workshops, Montgomery & Mobile

Robotic Total Station Photogrammetric Workflow Workshops, Montgomery & Mobile Free Workshops, AL: December 3 & 4, 2014 View this email in your browser Robotic Total Station Photogrammetric Workflow Workshops, Montgomery & Mobile   Instructor: Greg Gay   Please join us for these free, half-day workshops: Wednesday – December 3, 2014 from 2PM to 5PM Juliette Hampton Memorial

Special note on July 1, 2015 leap second

Trimble has made every effort to ensure our receivers will work seamlessly through the addition of one leap second on July 1, 2015. Our current firmware fully supports the introduction of a leap second on July 1, 2015.

Survey/Construction RTK & Robotics and Office Software Seminar

Survey/Construction RTK & Robotics and Office Software Seminar Date:  May 19-21, 2015 | Start: 08:00 | End: 05:00 PDH CREDITS CAN BE EARNED BY ATTENDING! NEI along with Trimble Navigation will be hosting a 3 day seminar at our Lafayette, LA office.   You have the option to attend individual sessions or you can attend all 3

THE EVER MOVING DATUM, EVER CHANGING EARTH CONUNDRUM

Being “star” based, one of the many things GPS has reinforced is the fact that the physical Earth is a dynamic structure, continually changing shape and dimension over time.  This means of course that any given measurements of the Earth must be considered not in three dimensions (XYZ) but in four (XYZ and Time).  Since